On 2020-05-30 at 09:45, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/30/2020 06:14 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> On 30/05/2020 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> *PROBLEM* As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* >>> exist. >>> >>> Where to find required documentation on the web? >>> >>> NOTE BENE This post is about man pages as a class. >> >> `sudo apt install popularity-contest` > > Not always a good idea -- see my reply to Tomas. Not always > physically possible -- a non-privileged user may benefit from the > documentation of an uninstalled package. Possible workarounds for that scenario: * 'apt-get source popularity-contest', find the source of the file you're looking for in the resulting directory, and read that * download the .deb from snapshot.debian.org, extract it with 'dpkg -x filename.deb directory-to-extract-into', find the file you're looking for in the resulting directory, and read that There are possibly others. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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